Lars Von Trier

Ever make a joke and have no one laugh? So you double down, and they’re still not laughing? And somehow . . . you never back up? No, you keep going. And digging, and digging . . . And then people DO laugh, because they smell blood. Yours. And now you CAN’T shut up, because you’re at such a deficit, you can’t leave it at that?

Now, have you ever done that . . . on camera? On the world stage? In front of the international press?

The horror.

Anyway, if you’re familiar with Von Trier — and I suspect most people are hearing his name for the first time TODAY — you know that his joy in life is to say bizarre things and get on people’s nerves. I guess you could say he did it this time.